I dont have any knowledge of Foxycart or Modx CMS im afraid. There are several thousand reasons to why someone would want to use XML, and as you already mentioned it does get used for Web Feeds and Web Services, only because by creating them in XML they are available on a number of different platforms because XML isn't software or machine dependent.
Using XML purely to add semantic value to elements isn't really one of them though, its like OTT, its likely to be that a machine wont see it the way you expect it to. James Jeffery ClearVue Media Faraday Warf, Aston Science Park, Birmingham On 8/7/07, Tee G. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:45 AM, James Jeffery wrote: > > > Depends on what you want to achieve. You can use the microformats > > hReview to provide product reviews, but i dont think there is > > anything specific for listing products. > > > > You could use XML, but only if you had real reason to, if your > > using XML for the sole purpose to add semantic meaning to your > > products i wouldn't bother with it. You can add just as much > > semantic meaning using Classes. Example: > > > > <div class="bookshelf"> > > <p class="title">Harry Potter</p> > > <p class="author">Some Author (I really dont know :P)</p> > > </div> > > > > > > If you are going to create a centralized service based around your > > e-commerce site and plan to create your own software, widgets, > > toolbars and stuff then XML might be a better option, but before > > you use XML you would need a reason to in the first place. > > > > Hi James, I am curious as to the 'but before you use XML you would > need a reason to in the first place' comment. What kind of reason it > have to be? > > I am asking this because I was exploring the Foxycart script with > Modx CMS for one of my site. Foxycart people said that JSON/XML data > feed prevents duplication of data. I really love what I have learned > and have implemented (with TVs in Modx) so far, however the monthly > fee and the launche date of Open Source Magento kind of put me in > limbo with the Foxycart. > > tee > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
